78
78
Nov 28, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 78
favorite 0
quote 0
everyone realizes changes have to be made over time to the law. will they create competition and price limitation as a result? is the premium support we are offering to families making less than 400% of poverty going to be adequate for them to still by an insurance from exchanges? we will learn this going on. the one we know for sure is if the other party prevailed, we would be in the sewer. i am open to whatever elements we need to reconsider their. we have got the right starting point. >> the senator has time for two more questions. >> do you anticipate republicans will demand more deficit reduction on top of what they are already asking for in exchange for raising the deficit, which we are expected to hit? is that already accounted for in the $4 trillion ultimate grand bargain? >> the first thing we have to come up with is a number. the consensus is $4 trillion. based on some calculations, we have got a great down payment of $1.50 trillion in spending cuts already. the president has called for all up to $1.60 trillion in revenue. there are some
everyone realizes changes have to be made over time to the law. will they create competition and price limitation as a result? is the premium support we are offering to families making less than 400% of poverty going to be adequate for them to still by an insurance from exchanges? we will learn this going on. the one we know for sure is if the other party prevailed, we would be in the sewer. i am open to whatever elements we need to reconsider their. we have got the right starting point....
105
105
Nov 26, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 105
favorite 0
quote 0
it's the same way with the law of the seas. i go to the asia pacific region. they're having materialtorial disputes over, you know, these rocks out there. obviously, it's about the resources that are offshore those rocks. but they're having these disputes over these areas. one of the arguments i make is wait a minute, we have to maintain freedom of the seas. we have to maintain navigation rights. some of these countries look at me and say, you know, what are you talking about? you haven't even approved the law of the seas treaty. how can you tell us what to do here? and they're right. they're right. we are the only industrialized country that has not approved that treaty. the only industrialized country that has not approved that treaty. in order for us to have credibility to argue with freedom of navigation, maritime rights, that's essential. in order for us to deal with the challenges that we're facing as a result of global warming in the arctic and poem of northwest passage and poem for resources out there, there are country making claims and we can't engag
it's the same way with the law of the seas. i go to the asia pacific region. they're having materialtorial disputes over, you know, these rocks out there. obviously, it's about the resources that are offshore those rocks. but they're having these disputes over these areas. one of the arguments i make is wait a minute, we have to maintain freedom of the seas. we have to maintain navigation rights. some of these countries look at me and say, you know, what are you talking about? you haven't even...
118
118
Nov 21, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 118
favorite 0
quote 0
military means, but by harnessing every element of american power, military, intelligence, diplomatic, law enforcement, financial, economic and above all, the power of our values as americans. al qaeda has long sought to operate in areas beyond the reach of effective security and governance. after being left on the sidelines of the momentous changes that swept through -- al the arab world last year, al- qaeda qaeda affiliated groups are taking control of territories in the north and pose an emerging threat. we are concerned about libya, where violent extremists and affiliates of al qaeda attacked and killed innocent americans in benghazi. with respect to that attack, let me be clear, we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice those who perpetrated those attacks. to protect americans at home and overseas, we need to continue to pursue al qaeda wherever they go, whatever form they take, wherever they seek to hide. we must be constantly vigilant. we must be constantly determined to pursue this enemy. but what will it take to achieve the end of al qaeda or at least the beginni
military means, but by harnessing every element of american power, military, intelligence, diplomatic, law enforcement, financial, economic and above all, the power of our values as americans. al qaeda has long sought to operate in areas beyond the reach of effective security and governance. after being left on the sidelines of the momentous changes that swept through -- al the arab world last year, al- qaeda qaeda affiliated groups are taking control of territories in the north and pose an...
101
101
Nov 28, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 101
favorite 0
quote 0
we have a federal law that says mathilde are to be in school and be taught. if you are going to take the money away from schools, why do the politicians want to allow their own rules and regulations to be violated? i don't know what some people would call that, but i would call that treason, where people want to turn around and make rules that are strictly on political bases. host: thanks for all the phone calls. next, we turn our attention to susan rice's visit to capitol hill yesterday and the latest on the benghazi investigation with michael hirsch. later, our first installment in the multi-day series looking to specific policy areas on the fiscal cliff. today we are taking a closer look at the bush-era tax cuts and whether or not they should be extended. we will be right back. >> ♪ >> washington worked his way up, went to harvard law school, and at the urging of one of his brothers, he immigrated southwestern illinois to where the lead mine industry was in its heyday. he arrived after a month journey by ship, by stagecoach, by train, and arrived in this
we have a federal law that says mathilde are to be in school and be taught. if you are going to take the money away from schools, why do the politicians want to allow their own rules and regulations to be violated? i don't know what some people would call that, but i would call that treason, where people want to turn around and make rules that are strictly on political bases. host: thanks for all the phone calls. next, we turn our attention to susan rice's visit to capitol hill yesterday and...
106
106
Nov 21, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 106
favorite 0
quote 0
and it's the same way with the law of the seas. i go to the asia pacific region and they are having territorial dispute over these rocks out there -- [laughter] >> obviously, it's about the resources that are offshore those rocks. but they are having these dispute over these areas. and what are -- one of the arguments i make is, wait a minute. we have to maintain freedom of the seas and maintain navigation rights and some of these countries look at me and say, you know, what are you talking about? you haven't approved the law of the seas treaty. how can you tell us what the hell to do here? they're right. they're right. we are the only industrialized country that has not approved that treaty, the only industrialized country that has not approved that treaty. in order for us to have credit built to be able to argue about freedom of navigation, maritime rights, that is essential, in order for us to deal with the challenges that we are facing as a result of global warming and the northwest passage and potential for resources out there
and it's the same way with the law of the seas. i go to the asia pacific region and they are having territorial dispute over these rocks out there -- [laughter] >> obviously, it's about the resources that are offshore those rocks. but they are having these dispute over these areas. and what are -- one of the arguments i make is, wait a minute. we have to maintain freedom of the seas and maintain navigation rights and some of these countries look at me and say, you know, what are you...
106
106
Nov 27, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 106
favorite 0
quote 0
that requires changes in law. in many states now are embracing elements of what is the digital learning revolution. in doing so, i think they will accelerate learning in ways that will create these gaps, we'll see these gaps begin to narrow and it will create real opportunities for continuous improvement and advancement. the final thing i'm going to talk to you about is about another book. and that's the book being a texan by birth and floridian by choice, i still have a little texas heritage in me, and i love the carroll books on lyndon jon. lyndon jon was a larger than life character. all the historians will not say he was one of the great presidents of our time, but if you read the third volume of the book, which is an extraordinary example of leadership, and you post it up to what exists today, it does give you hope that with proper committed leadership in state compols and here in washington we can begin to solve problems. he writes about how johnson was vice president. he was the most powerful guy in the wor
that requires changes in law. in many states now are embracing elements of what is the digital learning revolution. in doing so, i think they will accelerate learning in ways that will create these gaps, we'll see these gaps begin to narrow and it will create real opportunities for continuous improvement and advancement. the final thing i'm going to talk to you about is about another book. and that's the book being a texan by birth and floridian by choice, i still have a little texas heritage...
161
161
Nov 21, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 161
favorite 0
quote 0
we all want government voluntarily and responsibly comply with tax laws. there is plenty of tax evasion out there, but most americans fulfill their responsibilities, but taxes are extracted. we have to pay for government. we, in public administration, believe in good government. the problem is, how do we maintain it would we have to criticize it all the time? how do we maintain the good parts of it? the other contribution to the decline in the prestige reagan , even of government included pro-market anti-government. by economists which were very prominent academically. reaganomics was, in a sense, invented on university campuses. the media describe themselves as a watchdog, quite appropriately. it is essential we have an aggressive news media that hold the government and other entities accountable. if they are doing things wrong, we want them to report and criticizing it -- criticized it. however, what are the limits on the process? political scientists have done studies in recent decades in which they have analyzed media coverage and pointed out that medi
we all want government voluntarily and responsibly comply with tax laws. there is plenty of tax evasion out there, but most americans fulfill their responsibilities, but taxes are extracted. we have to pay for government. we, in public administration, believe in good government. the problem is, how do we maintain it would we have to criticize it all the time? how do we maintain the good parts of it? the other contribution to the decline in the prestige reagan , even of government included...
70
70
Nov 27, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 70
favorite 0
quote 0
we believe the current law is unworkable and needs to be changed. we will be working with the congress to get back to a more free-market approach as it relates to forms of energy. we shouldn't pick winners or losers. the government should not pick a particular company or technology. let the market drive those. new technologies will emerge because the market will incentivize those, or to add to the mix. host: here is seadog on twitter. guest: we have a number of fleets have moved to compressed natural gas in their vehicles. they go out on their drives each day and come back work they can fuel. the cost of the filling station is costly. i believe you will see filling stations more and more scattered across the country. the vast production of natural gas has driven the price down to where it is competitive with gasoline. host: john on the independent line. caller: we import most of our oil from the middle east. >> we now go to the center for american progress in washington. senator dick durbin and there, the majority whip, will be speaking about the so
we believe the current law is unworkable and needs to be changed. we will be working with the congress to get back to a more free-market approach as it relates to forms of energy. we shouldn't pick winners or losers. the government should not pick a particular company or technology. let the market drive those. new technologies will emerge because the market will incentivize those, or to add to the mix. host: here is seadog on twitter. guest: we have a number of fleets have moved to compressed...
119
119
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 119
favorite 0
quote 0
tomorrow on "washington journal ," julie rovner discusses the health care law. kem dixon looks at the payroll tax cut that was enacted in 2010 and if the white house plans to extend it. then a discussion of whether will be extended and the impact on our current economy. plusher e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. >> on 16 or 17 basis in the united states we have military run schools. the average cost per child per year in those schools is $50,000. almost four times what the rest of the public education costs. the vast majority of our bases used public schools. we could take the money we are spending today, paying every public school system 14 dozen dollars per child, and save billions of dollars per year, and with the same or better outcomes. >> this weekend, you can talk with senator tom coburn about the fiscal cliff and the future of the republican party. the senator has written several books and reports, including the latest, "the debt bomb." live sunday at noon eastern on c-span2. >> the authors of the simpson- bowles debt reduction plan talk about the fiscal
tomorrow on "washington journal ," julie rovner discusses the health care law. kem dixon looks at the payroll tax cut that was enacted in 2010 and if the white house plans to extend it. then a discussion of whether will be extended and the impact on our current economy. plusher e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. >> on 16 or 17 basis in the united states we have military run schools. the average cost per child per year in those schools is $50,000. almost four times what the rest...
134
134
Nov 26, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 134
favorite 0
quote 0
discussing based on multi international law. >> right. i know the united states recognizes -- who think post these islands? hoodie think has control of the islands? >> whoever has the better navy. [laughter] >> got it. this gentleman right here. yes. >> is this on? henry roth from canada. we heard technology is often the . the forgotten factor. only the numbers show about 50 million chinese men and women are involved in scientific research. like everything else, it has a jekyll and hyde personality. let's leave that aside for a moment with cyber issues and other issues that are important. some could argue that rather large segment of the chinese population is probably one of the most globally connected an open parts. looking at a way of engaging china and sing china's place in the world on this important aspect of economic development and political development, county see this playing out? i know both india and japan have engaged. >> responses to the dr. jekyll? >> sun's technology, at math, funnel to the growth of the economy's. the u.s.
discussing based on multi international law. >> right. i know the united states recognizes -- who think post these islands? hoodie think has control of the islands? >> whoever has the better navy. [laughter] >> got it. this gentleman right here. yes. >> is this on? henry roth from canada. we heard technology is often the . the forgotten factor. only the numbers show about 50 million chinese men and women are involved in scientific research. like everything else, it has a...
145
145
Nov 25, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 145
favorite 0
quote 0
we created high schools and child labor laws. it took four years until we invented the word teenager. there is some irony that it was not invented until somebody bothers 60's. these were responses to problems. there were solutions. it is ironic that he, himself, who proposed 20 years later a new stage of life between midlife and old age. he argued that he had made a mistake. he should have invented this stage for people like himself. in writing about this, he had a set of beautiful images and and sides that make a lot of sense 100 years later. he describes it as an indian summer. human beings did not reach the height of their capacity until the shadows started slanting is toward. his idea was more and more people were reaching a point where they have the benefits of experience and the capacity to do something with it. i think it all comes back to a sense of time. the familiar way of thinking about this period of life and the access people have as they move into their careers and continue trying to contribute to society is experie
we created high schools and child labor laws. it took four years until we invented the word teenager. there is some irony that it was not invented until somebody bothers 60's. these were responses to problems. there were solutions. it is ironic that he, himself, who proposed 20 years later a new stage of life between midlife and old age. he argued that he had made a mistake. he should have invented this stage for people like himself. in writing about this, he had a set of beautiful images and...
95
95
Nov 24, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 95
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> what you make me proud as a former law professor of what a law professor can do. you have done tremendous things for the case of marriage equality. my question follows up on your notion of marriage pluralism. my former colleague says marriage is two things -- a standard form contract that establishes certain kinds of liberal basic rights but also a sanctification. constituting form. she argues in liberal state has no business sanctifying relationships and that will be ought to be doing is be establishing, dis-establishing marriages altogether. do you see that 20 years and now when you give this talk will not even use the word marriage? >> it depends a william e. my liberal. if you are a libertarian liberal, as the cato institute is, they would say yes. if you are more of the state should create conditions for human flourishing, the answer is not simple. here is what i will say more broadly. one of the easy mistakes of the whole debate is an over investment in lesbian and gay people on marriage and family lot generally. most people who are in relationships are in r
. >> what you make me proud as a former law professor of what a law professor can do. you have done tremendous things for the case of marriage equality. my question follows up on your notion of marriage pluralism. my former colleague says marriage is two things -- a standard form contract that establishes certain kinds of liberal basic rights but also a sanctification. constituting form. she argues in liberal state has no business sanctifying relationships and that will be ought to be...
111
111
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 111
favorite 0
quote 0
to his right is michael gratze, with columbia law school now, for many years with yale law school. he is the author of many articles he comes from the academic world into washington policymaking periodically and he was at the creation at the 1990 -- assistant secretary for tax policy and had a keel role to play in tax policy in that pord. finally, phil joyce, a fellow colleague in the academic world, now with university of maryland, a seenor scholar in budgeting, formerly with george washington maxwell school and former c.b.o. staffer but most notably, recently, he did the first awe or the tative book on the congressional budget office. hard to believe an institution like that was around for that long, lived a miraculous life in a contentious public world, and never had a book. he's also the editor of a major journal. that's our line whereupon for today and i thought i'd let everybody take a kind of broad take on the kind of questions, what can we learn from the 190 -- 1990 budget agreement that we all acknowledge was a policy success even though maybe we didn't realize it at the t
to his right is michael gratze, with columbia law school now, for many years with yale law school. he is the author of many articles he comes from the academic world into washington policymaking periodically and he was at the creation at the 1990 -- assistant secretary for tax policy and had a keel role to play in tax policy in that pord. finally, phil joyce, a fellow colleague in the academic world, now with university of maryland, a seenor scholar in budgeting, formerly with george washington...
112
112
Nov 28, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 112
favorite 0
quote 0
equality before the law and civil rights. that is a psychic -- a society in which i want to live and my children to be able to live in of. there is no guarantee we will live happily ever after. the era of globalization -- we need to cooperate more than ever to defend our democracy. and our society. we cannot take what has been achieved for granted. we need to continue fighting for it on a daily basis. other parts of the world are developing. i mentioned at the beginning of my speech that in the g-20 and with its creation, it took the necessary consequence to involved in emerging regions of the world and the political system to rule the world but those parts of the world we consider today that the emerging countries are not sharing our values. the lowest salary, the lowest respect for individual rights, the los respect for freedom of speech, for example by closing the internet. it the lowest standard of what the are considering you in the united states in europe as our basic values and our standards representing our basic valu
equality before the law and civil rights. that is a psychic -- a society in which i want to live and my children to be able to live in of. there is no guarantee we will live happily ever after. the era of globalization -- we need to cooperate more than ever to defend our democracy. and our society. we cannot take what has been achieved for granted. we need to continue fighting for it on a daily basis. other parts of the world are developing. i mentioned at the beginning of my speech that in the...
169
169
Nov 25, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 169
favorite 0
quote 0
and it does show that some of these things are not subtle -- settleable by law. host: other than the fact that secession did not work for those states that wanted to do that in the 1860's, what other lessons can be taken from abraham lincoln? not necessarily the movie. but lincoln argued from the supremacy clause that there can be no secession because federal law is supreme. there are some flaws with that argument. i saw the new abraham lincoln movie. it is absolutely terrific. but it does show you that he bent the law very much what lesn from that year and placed in what you see happening today? guest: the movie, by the way, it is based on a book about abraham lincoln. i think that president obama must have steadied abraham lincoln closely. i see some parallels between them. he very much believe, single- minded lee that the poor shall have health care. abraham lincoln believed this shall be a union, and shall not be slavery. every once in awhile summit comes along and do not know if they are right or wrong until many years later. we will not know if president ob
and it does show that some of these things are not subtle -- settleable by law. host: other than the fact that secession did not work for those states that wanted to do that in the 1860's, what other lessons can be taken from abraham lincoln? not necessarily the movie. but lincoln argued from the supremacy clause that there can be no secession because federal law is supreme. there are some flaws with that argument. i saw the new abraham lincoln movie. it is absolutely terrific. but it does show...